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Anti-Abortion 527 Launches Anti-Obama TV Ad

September 16, 2008 7:10 AM

A new 527 has emerged. Called BornAliveTruth.org, the political organization says its mission "is to educate the public on the IL Born Alive Infants Protection Act and Sen. Obama's record opposing this act."



In this TV ad, which is said to be airing in battleground states New Mexico and Ohio, a woman named Gianna Jessen says she survived a failed abortion, and criticizes Obama for voting against legislation that would have declared that if a baby survives an abortion, its life must be saved.

“I’m a survivor, as are many others ... but if Barack Obama had his way, I wouldn’t be here," she says.  "Four times, Barack Obama voted to oppose a law to protect babies left to die after a failed abortion. Sen. Obama, please support born alive infant protections. I’m living proof these babies have a right to live."

Jessen claims on her Web site to have survived her then-17-year-old mother's saline abortion in her third trimester. *

We told you about this abortion vote, that Republicans would use against Obama, back in January.

- jpt

* UPDATE: Jessen has posted medical records on her Web site to support her story, which you can see HERE.

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To Prometheus:

Under your reasoning, the answer to suffering children is to kill them. Sort of like the argument that leads to there is no God because bad things happen, which leads straight to Nietsche, which leads to any means to justify the end and ultimately it is the law of the jungle.

No wonder they bound you.

Posted by: Amy | Sep 16, 2008 12:10:06 PM

Zank don't be obtuse. No one would let a live baby die. Furthermore, to the relifgious right if God is all knowing and all powerful and the creator of souls would he not keep a soul from entering a body if God already knows the decision a woman is about to take? What exactly are you protecting? If all of you pro lifers are that concerned about a baby's life there are about 30,000 daily dying children who need your help.

Posted by: Prometheus | Sep 16, 2008 11:47:24 AM

yes, Jake Tapper, this particular anti-abortion group is awful. they want basic humanitarian medical care for babies that are born alive during late term abortions. horrible people.

Posted by: KayJL | Sep 16, 2008 11:46:03 AM

Deb you said: "Good should make woman come back to Barack Obama!

PRO CHOICE!

MY BODY MY DECISION!
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Well, if the baby that was pulled from your body happens to come out alive, then it's another human being -- no different than you -- hence it's no longer your body, but the child's.

Posted by: Charles | Sep 16, 2008 11:44:28 AM

Clifton, you say:

"They [Republicans] say pro-life but are happy to pull the trigger on war without investigating the facts (such as WMD). Result, 4100 dead Americans.
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You are aware of the Democrats who examined the same evidence available to the rest of the world and voted to take out Saddam? And yes, those who gave their lives are heros and heroines, and as an American who enjoys freedom given to me by them and the hundreds of millions who also died for me in previous wars, I shall never denegrate their sacrifice by surrendering when we are on the verge of winning.

And Obama is so respectful of "life" and so concerned with our military, he tried to get the Iraqis to NOT negotiate American withdrawal until after January 20th?!!! And Obama wants to invade Pakistan. He wants to merely take Americans out of Iraq and send them to Afghanistan. He says that we can't deal with Russia in Georgia because "we are spread too thin"---so I've got to assume he means by that that he wants ground troops in George and wants a war with Russia.

He advocates reducing "wasteful" defense spending on weapons systems by billions. Does he and you know that these very expensive weapons systems and the reason this war is so very expensive is because we spend those billions to SAVE American lives in battle and to minimize collateral damage/killing of civilians. Obama hasn't named the weapons systems he plans on dumping. I'd like to hear some specifics. I do know he has promised to dismantle our missle defense system unilaterally. He won't "tip his hand" on what he'll do as regards Iran, but he's already told the world that the US has taken the aces out of the deck and will also eliminate most of the kings and queens--so what we have left is the joker. He is so "nuanced" he tells the rape victim (Georgia) to lay back and enjoy...it took him 3 DAYS to discover Putin had invaded a sovereign country who was no threat to Russia or her citizens or to world peace.

I've listened to Obama and I'm sorry. I don't think they teach history at his universities and expensive prep school. They sure don't teach critical thinking skills.

We in the middle may be too, too bourgeois for those attending the Hollywood gala tonight, but we simple folk DO understand who's telling the lies here...and it's not McCain or Palin or the young woman who survived a late-term abortion.

4100 is a terrible price; but so was 3000 in 2001.
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You say:

They say they are for fiscal conservancy, but have no concern for the growing national debt. From a leadship perspective, you see how Bush's acceptance of financial illiquidity has tricked down to corporate debt and personal debt. Dem's like us to pay as we go, which is the only "conservative" fiscal policy.
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Bush tried to gett Congress to pass legislation dealing with the subprime problem. The Congress didn't. McCain warned about Freddie and Fanny two years ago. And guess what? Freddie and Fanny was controlled by Democrats who had Democrat cronies in the Congress. Has anyone seen an ethics investigation of the Democrat Chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee who got sweetheart loans from the head of Countrywide? Has anyone done an investigation of Schumer starting a run on a California bank? You are aware that Obama is Wall Street's candidate?

McCain wants a 9-11 type commission to find out the who-what-where's. He's called what Wall Street has been up to as greedy gamblers playing with our economy. He's called repeatedly for reform of the splintered regulatory agencies which were designed in the 1930's and never been reformed.

And while we're at the blame game, you do know that the law which allowed this loan anything to anybody financial world was passed under Bill Clinton? And you might want to trace the genesis of this mess even one step further. Check out what one Congressman St. Germaine did to our financial system a couple of years before he got indicted.

Finally, about the out-of-control budget. Yes, the war is costly, but the long-term, uncontrolled debt is totally attributable to entitlement programs. Get out your calculator. We can pay the short-term war debt. The one we will never pay and which will continue to grow is the entitlement portion--and Obama wants to INCREASE uncontrollable entitlements.
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You say:
And so on. The republican politicians are masters of hypocrisy and too many of their followers buy in.
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I'd never support a person. I support a philosophy though, and I can assure you that I read extensively and follow politics closely.

Posted by: Amy | Sep 16, 2008 11:22:52 AM

Deb said"Obama has said several times that he would have supported the federal version of the bill, which passed by unanimous consent and which President Bush signed into law Aug. 5," Yes, Obama SAID he would have supported the federal version of the bill - but when the bill came up again with language identical to the federal version, guess what? He DID NOT support it. Check the record.

Posted by: Mary | Sep 16, 2008 11:10:51 AM

Have you forgotten that the Democrats took control of both houses of Congress on January 3, 2007?
............

Republican controlled if for 6 years.

Posted by: Y | Sep 16, 2008 11:07:32 AM

If you disagree with abortion, then don't have abortion. People who agree with it- it's their choice. Why impose your belief to others. Economy is a more important issue.

Posted by: Y | Sep 16, 2008 11:05:31 AM

BKMC wrote: "...people have lost their houses and now their jobs under the watch of a republican government and a republican (spelling corrected) congress."

Have you forgotten that the Democrats took control of both houses of Congress on January 3, 2007?

Posted by: James Danley | Sep 16, 2008 11:03:01 AM

What is so complicated about this issue? He voted against medical intervention when a baby is born alive after a botched abortion. ANd this law to protect these innocents was voted aye overwhelmingly to provide immediate medical attention, Yes, they are NOW American Citizens! He voted NO! Only a sick demented person would vote NO on something like this. And added language to this bill? just a good excuse to use when you voted no on a crucial issue and no God fearing person could understand why. READ the Bill !I Vote MCCain!

Posted by: caren | Sep 16, 2008 10:53:27 AM

It's unnatural to have a baby then try to kill the baby with success. People who allow doctors to kill their babies after the babies are born are not thinking of the life that lives and the life who wants to live. Who would support a law as this. The doctors are murdering a baby. God must be weeping for the little babies because of man's doings by disposing their lives to a nearby trash can. This is sick. Someone should speak for the sweet little babies. Our society is breaking to even allow this type of murder while people are against capital punishment.

Posted by: Christie | Sep 16, 2008 10:14:56 AM

And we thought Rev Wright was bizarre!
Look at Obama!

This is beyond SICK!

Posted by: Deb | Sep 16, 2008 10:12:14 AM

You Obamabots will try to get Obama elected at all costs. But you are losing.

Posted by: Samantha | Sep 16, 2008 10:07:01 AM

This is GROSS.

Obama is not fit to be a community gardener!

Hope, Change, Kill
Obama '08

Posted by: militarymon | Sep 16, 2008 10:04:01 AM

Let's see if Obama tries to get this ad removed.

Posted by: Christie | Sep 16, 2008 10:01:56 AM

Obama:

The Abortion President

The Anti-gun President

The Welfare President

His tax cuts to 95% is a lie since 40% don't even pay taxes--he's just giving handouts.

Posted by: cindy in nc | Sep 16, 2008 10:00:29 AM

I watched this young woman on FOX news last night describing the process her mother took to try and take her life. I feel completely sick to my stomach. What gives us the right to decide to take the life of another human being? That right should be REVOKED and revoked immediately. I consider myself reluctantly pro-choice. I will never make the choice to get an abortion, but I do not agree that the government should overturn Roe vs. Wade without the votes of the American people. Those rights should be left to the individual states. Sarah Palin, while she personally does not believe in abortion under any circumstances, has made it clear that the states should decide. I agree with her, and so do the founding fathers who wrote the Constitution of the United States.

However, the rights granted to people to conduct late-term abortions should be revoked. That is no longer a woman's choice. There are a multitude of resources out there for women - birth control products that are often free with state funding, the morning-after pill for rape victims and young women who have an "oops" moment and want to PREVENT a pregnancy from happening. Depending on your state, there is so much money going to support sex education. How about education on conception and the life of a child?

Posted by: Typical White Woman | Sep 16, 2008 9:58:52 AM

And as has been stated before, the wording is the same.

Posted by: marylou | Sep 16, 2008 9:50:35 AM

According to Factcheck, "It is worth noting that Illinois law already provided that physicians must protect the life of a fetus when there is "a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival of the fetus outside the womb, with or without artificial support."

Obama is not a baby killer! He has two daughters. He is a family man.

Posted by: cincyr | Sep 16, 2008 9:50:32 AM

MILITARY MOM,

No really? every city has crime you don't say? I know it does I have said so many times to my Senator barack Obama who has done nothing for Chicago. In fact his house was secured for him by criminal Rezko. Those murders are the tip of the iceberg my dear we had 17 murders in one weekend alone. What did Obama say about it? NOTHING.

Posted by: Samantha | Sep 16, 2008 9:49:40 AM

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